0 FARI UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BUFFALOES / SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICE www.CUBuffs.com 2150 Stadium Drive (574 Champions Center), 357 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0357 © 2019 CU Athletics Telephone 303/492-5626 (E-mail/FB contacts: [email protected]; [email protected]) David Plati (Associate AD/SID), Curtis Snyder (Assistant AD), Troy Andre (Associate SID/+CUBuffs.com Managing Editor), Linda Sprouse (Associate SID), COLORADO Seth Pringle (Assistant SID), Shaun Wicen (Assistant SID), Neill Woelk (Contributing Editor/CUBuffs.com), Rob Livingston (Graduate Assistant) GAME 11 2019 COLORADO BUFFALO FOOTBALL WEEKLY RELEASE, NOTES & STATISTICS BUFFALOES CLOSE HOME SEASON, RALPHIE V TO BE CELEBRATED SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 8:10 p.m. MST Folsom Field (50,183) Boulder, Colo. RELEASE NUMBER 11 (November 18, 2019) ESPN (National) | KOA-RADIO | CUBUFFS.COM (Live Stats) BUFFALO BITS … The Colorado Buffaloes (4-6, 2-5 Pac-12) remain at home after a bye week as time expired in school history when PK Evan Price made good on a 37- for their home finale, hosting the Washington Huskies (6-4, 3-4 Pac-12) in yarder (more on page 6) ... Washington even had another extra day off as it an 8:00 p.m. MST kickoff at Folsom Field this Saturday, Nov. 23 ... The defeated Oregon State, 19-7 on Friday (Nov. 8) in Corvallis c The Husky Huskies lead the series by a 12-5-1 margin, taking the lead by winning the defense was clicking on all cylinders, limiting a very potent OSU offense to last nine games between the two dating back to 1999 ... This is the latest the just 119 yards (88 passing, 31 rushing, though the latter did include 34 yards two will meet in the regular season (fifth November game); they have met lost to sacks) ... CU’s live buffalo mascot, Ralphie V, has officially retired; she three times in December (in the 1985 Freedom Bowl, 1996 Holiday Bowl and will be celebrated Saturday, which will also be CU’s annual Senior Day (in 2016 Pac-12 Championship game) ... Washington leads the series by a 12-5- this case Senior Night), and also a recognition is planned to celebrate the 25th 1 count (5-1 in Boulder and 7-0 since CU joined the Pac-12 in 2011; the anniversary of the “Miracle In Michigan” (CU’s 27-26 win at Michigan on only year the two did not play was in 2015 as they met in the Pac-12 title game Sept. 24, 1994; QB Kordell Stewart has confirmed his attendance with other in ‘16) ... The Buffs are 64-24 against unranked teams in November dating members expected as well) ... CU is 1-4-2 in home “doubleheaders” in the back to 1985 ... Both teams are coming off bye weeks after winning their last Pac-12 (one sweep, four splits and swept twice), going for its second sweep times out, with each game among the five lowest scoring (combined) with its first in 2016 over Washington State and Utah ... The PDF version of conference games this season: the Buffaloes defeated Stanford at home on the 2019 CU Media Guide can be found on-line at Nov. 9, 16-13, snapping a five-game losing streak in the process; it was CU’s www.cubuffs.com/CUFBMG19 ... CUBuffs.com/media is all things Buff (on- 64th straight win when allowing 13 or fewer points dating back to a 7-0 loss line media guide, live stats, etc.). at Nebraska in 1988 ... The Buffs with just the third game winning field goal DEPTH CHART ON PAGE 70; ROSTERS ON PAGES 71-73; STAT PAGES 74-82 CU-Washington (ESPN): Jason Benetti (play-by-play) / Rod Gilmore (color) / Quint Kessenich (sideline reporter) / Mandy Cohen (producer) STAT OF THE WEEK Touchdown-to-Interception Ratio. QB Steven Montez has already set or tied 42 records at Colorado, and is on the verge of several others, but one of the more standout ones is TD to interception ratio. He has 60 touchdown passes (tied for the most at CU with two others) and 32 interceptions; he is the closest for a 2-to-1 ration of any player at CU with 20 or more TD passes (1.88-to-1). The current record holders are QB Kordell Stewart (1991-94) and QB Mike Moschetti (1998-99); both had 33 TDs and 19 interceptions, or a ratio of 1.74-to-1. The record holder with a minimum of 10 TDs throws is QB Bobby Pesavento (2000-01), who had 11 touchdowns and four picks, or a 2.75-to-1 ratio. OBSCURE NOTE OF THE WEEK Utah Kickoff Time. Not a true obscure note, but CU’s regular season finale at Utah will kickoff at one of three times to be determined by the conference’s TV partners Sunday morning. Three games are on the 6-day notification menu (CU-Utah, Notre Dame-Stanford, Oregon State-Oregon); the selection order is as follows: ABC (5:30 p.m. MST kickoff) and then FOX (2:00 p.m. MST). The remaining game will be on the Pac-12 Networks (2:00 p.m. MST). 2019 COLORADO SCHEDULE & RESULTS (4-6, 2-5 Pac-12) 2019 Date CU* Opponent Opp* TV Result/Time Record Series This-N-That or ’18 rewind Aug. 30 --- Colorado State (N; Denver) --- ESPN W 52-31 4-6 67-22-2 The last M Showdown in Denver ends with CU’s fifth straight win over the Rams SEPT. 7 --- NEBRASKA 25 FOX W 34-31 (OT) 4-6 20-49-2 Offseason conditioning enables Buffs to rally from down 17-0 to dominate late SEPT. 14 --- AIR FORCE --- PAC12 L 23-30 (OT) 8-2 12- 5-0 AFA wins first meeting since ‘74, though CU rallied down 13 to send game into OT Sept. 21 --- at Arizona State (N) 24 PAC12 W 34-31 5-5 3- 8-0 Montez, Brown connect on 3 TD passes; Stefanou wins it with 44 FG (2:03 left) OCT. 5 --- ARIZONA (FW) --- PAC12 L 30-35 4-6 14- 8-0 Another wild CU-UA game; nine lead changes as Wildcats hold on late Oct. 11 --- at Oregon (N) 13 FS-1 L 3-45 9-1 9-13-0 Oregon scores 21 points in a 4:40 span turning a 17-3 game into its control Oct. 19 --- at Washington State --- ESPNU L 10-41 5-5 6- 7-0 Predicted scorefest never materialized; 24-10 late in the third went south for CU OCT. 25 --- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (N) RV ESPN2 L 31-35 7-4 0-14-0 Buffs lead for 42:34, but USC’s two fourth quarter TDs rally Trojans to the win Nov. 2 --- at UCLA --- PAC12 L 14-31 3-7 4-11-0 Bruins go up 17-0 quickly, Buffs could get no closer than 10 (7-17, 17-24) NOV. 9 --- STANFORD (HC) --- PAC12 W 16-13 4-6 5- 6-0 E.Price kicks FG at gun; CU has two straight wins in series by a combined 26-18 NOV. 23 --- WASHINGTON RV ESPN 8:10 p.m. 6-4 6-11-1 UW up 14-13 at half; has now outscored CU 67-6 in last three second halves Nov. 30 at Utah TBA TBA 9-1 32-30-3 Utes snap 7-7 halftime tie with 23 second half points (KEY: *—AP rank at time of game; —Pac-12 Conference game; N—Night game; HC—Homecoming; FW—Family Weekend. All times mountain) 2019 COLORADO FOOTBALL The Media Page Page 2 Collegepressbox.com is the official media COLORADO MEDIA SERVICES PRONUNCIATION GUIDE website for Division I football. Access and download Head coach Mel Tucker holds a Tuesday weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, Coaches/Staff media luncheon, located in the Champions Center headshots, logos and more for each conference and its Jimmy BRUMBAUGH (brum-bah) (third floor, room 319). All will start at 11:30 a.m. with Darrin CHIAVERINI (shiv-ah-ree-knee) member schools. Register for access at: Chris KAPILOVIC (kuh-pil-oh-vick) lunch, followed by Tucker promptly at Noon and select www.collegepressbox.com/register. Brian MICHALOWSKI (michael-ow-ski) players before and/or afterwards depending on class The Pac-12 Mountain Network is the Al PUPUNU (puh-pooh-new) conflicts. 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